Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Nye, Montana
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Stillwater River Road
This is a well-maintained gravel road that follows the Stillwater River. It's open year-round with limited access during heavy snowy weather. The first 6.5 miles is a paved two-lane road west of Absarokee before turning…
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Total Miles
14.6
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
West Bridger Creek Cruise
A well-established trail, with some paved and gravel patches leading to the National Forest, the last 5 miles are the main dirt trail. The trail can be driven up to the Tie Cutter Gulch TH;…
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Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Iron Mountain Road
Iron Mountain Road is a very scenic gravel road that becomes slightly narrower the further along you drive. Once passing the entrance gate you officially enter Gallatin National Forest and dispersed campsites can be found…
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Total Miles
7.2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su
Henderson Mountain Road
Henderson Mountain Road is accessible from Daisy Pass Road and leads to an old abandoned mine at the top of the mountain. It is a rutted, single-lane shelf road with loose gravel but is worth…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Rapelje Road
This is a gravel road connector from Big Timber to Rapelje. You will see more antelope and cows than cars or people along this route. Most of the road is surrounded by private property, so…
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Learn more about Rapelje Road
Total Miles
33.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Crazy Lakes
The Crazy Lakes Road travels through a beautiful, remote area near the Wyoming-Montana border. The main route, Crazy Lakes Road, leads to the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness boundary while short side spurs can be driven to…
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Learn more about Crazy Lakes
Total Miles
5.5
Tech Rating
3
Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa
Clay Butte Lookout Tower
This trail is a well-maintained dirt spur off the Beartooth Highway (US-212), climbing 800 feet to the Clay Butte Lookout Tower with occasional pullouts to pass two-way traffic. The trail starts in a pine forest…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Main Fork Rock Creek
This trail runs along Rock Creek and has some amazing views. Some spots have lose rocks but most of it is packed dirt. There are great spots to stop along the way down by the…
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Total Miles
7.4
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su
Ghost Creek
This little-traveled trail begins as a 2 lane dirt road running through the forest and then turns into a dirt track following a ridge with the surrounding mountains as a backdrop. It follows a private…
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Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Lower Parkside
This trail is mainly just for OHV vehicles to get from one trail to another trail. There are some sandy spots with one hill that is pretty steep with loose rocks. This trail goes along…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa
Fantan Lake Road
This is a rutted, one-lane dirt trail leading to Fantan Lake. It had 6-8" obstacles and after rains, was full of mud holes along with a couple of small stream crossings Several dispersed camping areas…
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Total Miles
1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Meeteetse Trail
Meeteetse Trail, east access, is located on the Montana and Wyoming border just south of Belfry, MT. The west trail can be accessed just south of Red Lodge, Montana. When accessing the Meeteetse Trail from…
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Total Miles
17
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Columbus Molt Road
This is a gravel road connector from Columbus to Molt. You will see more antelope and cows than cars or people along this route. Most of the road is surrounded by private property, so zero…
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Total Miles
26.9
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Mill Creek Road
Mill Creek Road is a very well-maintained gravel road that accesses several trailheads and campgrounds in the Gallatin National Forest. This road is a wide gravel road, except for the last three miles, in which…
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Total Miles
14.1
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Wicked Creek Loop
Open Dates: 7/16-9/14. Wicked Creek Loop is in the Absaroka Range and part of the Custer Gallatin National Forest on the Eastern side of the Paradise Valley, South of Livingston, Montana. Beginning at Mill Creek…
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Total Miles
18.8
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su
Little Rock Creek
Little Rock Creek runs out of the Beartooth Mountains and is located in Shoshone National Forest West of the town of Clark, Wyoming. There are two very long and difficult trailheads;the one on the right…
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Total Miles
3.2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Sunlight Road
Sunlight Road is a 33.6-mile out-and-back trail that starts and ends off State Route 296 and gives access to plenty of dispersed camping along the Sunlight Creek. The first part of this road passes along…
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Total Miles
16
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Clarks Fork Canyon
Clarks Fork Canyon is located in the Shoshone National Forest West of Clark, Wyoming. This is an out-and-back trail running East-West with a round trip distance of approximately 8 miles. Due to the flooding, the…
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Total Miles
4.2
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Bulldozer Road
Bulldozer Road is a nice drive right off Mill Creek Road. The road starts off with a series of very tight switchbacks and continues on for about 4 miles with a very consistent 8-10 percent…
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Total Miles
3.9
Tech Rating
Best Time
Su / Fa
Molt Rapelje Road
This is a gravel road connector from Molt to Rapelje. You will see more antelope and cows than cars or people along this route. Most of the road is surrounded by private property, so there…
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Total Miles
21.6
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Bald Ridge - FSR 100
Bald Ridge is a 13.5-mile out-and-back trail in the Shoshone National Forest. This trail gives you great views of Heart Mountain and McCullough Peaks to the east and Sunlight Basin to the west. As you…
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Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Blacktail Plateau
The Blacktail Plateau drive offers a unique opportunity to hit the dirt in Yellowstone National Park. To avoid crowds, drive the road in the early morning or evening hours. In doing so you'll spot more…
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Total Miles
6.5
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Cottonwood Road
Cottonwood Road, located between Highway 310 and Highway 72, south of Bridger, Montana, provides motorized and OHV access to over 100 square miles of BLM and State land. Bobcat Pass Road, to the west, is…
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Total Miles
19.2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Monument Hill Access - FS 401
The trail begins at the end of Park County, Wyoming County Road 7UH. The first section is just gravel, level, county road, but turns more rugged further in. It is about 13.8 miles long with…
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Total Miles
13.3
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
Pine Creek
This is a really pretty drive to some nice views and campsites. Nothing technical to worry about, a car could make it through with some determination. There is a small water crossing and some ruts,…
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Total Miles
4.4
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Hunt Creek
Hunt Creek is an easy road up to Ridge Road. It is a little loose and slightly rutted in places but it's a more fun route to take than Cottonwood Road. There are a couple…
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Total Miles
7
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa
Hatcher Pass
Hatcher Pass is an out-and-back off of Cottonwood Road. There are a couple of loose and slightly rutted sections, but nothing challenging. This trail ends at a closed gate bordering private property and you will…
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Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Wi / Fa / Su / Sp
Long Draw Road
This is a fun way up to Ridge Road that is pretty loose and fairly rutted in spots. This is a great trail to warm up on early in the year, as it is rideable…
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Total Miles
8
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Fa / Su
Pryor Mountain Road
One of the many access routes to the Pryor Mountains, is Pryor Mountain Road, south of Bridger, MT. Top off your tank in Bridger and head south. Approximately 1.25 miles south on Highway 310 after…
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Total Miles
11.6
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Monument Hill Access spur - FS 401.2A
This is an easy spur road off the main FS 401 Monument Hill Access, which comes to a dead end with spectacular views and rock outcroppings along the way to explore. The wildlife viewing potential…
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Learn more about Monument Hill Access spur - FS 401.2A
Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa
ATV Trails Near Nye, Montana
Stillwater River Road
This is a well-maintained gravel road that follows the Stillwater River. It's open year-round with limited access during heavy snowy weather. The first 6.5 miles is a paved two-lane road west of Absarokee before turning…
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Learn more about Stillwater River Road
Total Miles
14.6
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
West Bridger Creek Cruise
A well-established trail, with some paved and gravel patches leading to the National Forest, the last 5 miles are the main dirt trail. The trail can be driven up to the Tie Cutter Gulch TH;…
Learn more about West Bridger Creek Cruise
Learn more about West Bridger Creek Cruise
Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Henderson Mountain Road
Henderson Mountain Road is accessible from Daisy Pass Road and leads to an old abandoned mine at the top of the mountain. It is a rutted, single-lane shelf road with loose gravel but is worth…
Learn more about Henderson Mountain Road
Learn more about Henderson Mountain Road
Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Rapelje Road
This is a gravel road connector from Big Timber to Rapelje. You will see more antelope and cows than cars or people along this route. Most of the road is surrounded by private property, so…
Learn more about Rapelje Road
Learn more about Rapelje Road
Total Miles
33.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Crazy Lakes
The Crazy Lakes Road travels through a beautiful, remote area near the Wyoming-Montana border. The main route, Crazy Lakes Road, leads to the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness boundary while short side spurs can be driven to…
Learn more about Crazy Lakes
Learn more about Crazy Lakes
Total Miles
5.5
Tech Rating
3
Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa
Clay Butte Lookout Tower
This trail is a well-maintained dirt spur off the Beartooth Highway (US-212), climbing 800 feet to the Clay Butte Lookout Tower with occasional pullouts to pass two-way traffic. The trail starts in a pine forest…
Learn more about Clay Butte Lookout Tower
Learn more about Clay Butte Lookout Tower
Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
UTV/Side-by-Side Near Nye, Montana
Stillwater River Road
This is a well-maintained gravel road that follows the Stillwater River. It's open year-round with limited access during heavy snowy weather. The first 6.5 miles is a paved two-lane road west of Absarokee before turning…
Learn more about Stillwater River Road
Learn more about Stillwater River Road
Total Miles
14.6
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
West Bridger Creek Cruise
A well-established trail, with some paved and gravel patches leading to the National Forest, the last 5 miles are the main dirt trail. The trail can be driven up to the Tie Cutter Gulch TH;…
Learn more about West Bridger Creek Cruise
Learn more about West Bridger Creek Cruise
Total Miles
4.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Iron Mountain Road
Iron Mountain Road is a very scenic gravel road that becomes slightly narrower the further along you drive. Once passing the entrance gate you officially enter Gallatin National Forest and dispersed campsites can be found…
Learn more about Iron Mountain Road
Learn more about Iron Mountain Road
Total Miles
7.2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su
Henderson Mountain Road
Henderson Mountain Road is accessible from Daisy Pass Road and leads to an old abandoned mine at the top of the mountain. It is a rutted, single-lane shelf road with loose gravel but is worth…
Learn more about Henderson Mountain Road
Learn more about Henderson Mountain Road
Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Rapelje Road
This is a gravel road connector from Big Timber to Rapelje. You will see more antelope and cows than cars or people along this route. Most of the road is surrounded by private property, so…
Learn more about Rapelje Road
Learn more about Rapelje Road
Total Miles
33.7
Tech Rating
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Crazy Lakes
The Crazy Lakes Road travels through a beautiful, remote area near the Wyoming-Montana border. The main route, Crazy Lakes Road, leads to the Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness boundary while short side spurs can be driven to…
Learn more about Crazy Lakes
Learn more about Crazy Lakes
Total Miles
5.5
Tech Rating
3
Moderate
Best Time
Su / Fa